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Published
April 10, 2019

Commentary: Assisted-suicide legislation sends the wrong message to Maine patients

Instead of implicitly encouraging the vulnerable to think of themselves as a burden, the state should improve end-of-life care.
Published
April 9, 2019

Committee advances bill to require MaineCare coverage for abortion services

But the party-line vote on the bill, which also would require private insurers to cover abortion costs, will likely spark a fierce debate on the House and Senate floor.
Published
April 9, 2019

Legislative committee to act on Maine vaccination bill

The Health and Human Services Committee will take up a bill Wednesday that would eliminate all non-medical exemptions to vaccination requirements for Maine children entering kindergarten.
Published
April 9, 2019

Maine Voices: Students aren’t the only ones who’d benefit from stricter vaccine rules

A third-grade teacher who has MS now risks contracting diseases against which he cannot be vaccinated.
Published
April 8, 2019

Maine Voices: Election reform bill will provide antidote to voter disillusionment

Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.

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Published
April 7, 2019

How big should a clam get? Maine eyes new harvest rules.

Lawmakers will consider a proposal designed to boost the state's sagging clam harvest, but clammers and conservationists are already divided about the idea.
Published
April 7, 2019

Our View: Maine should pass aid-in-dying law

At the end of life, people should be allowed to chose care that reduces suffering, even if it also hastens their death.
Published
April 7, 2019

Jim Fossel: Local-option tax wrong direction for Maine

Stuck in the minority, Republicans can only call attention to the overreach by the Democratic majority.
Published
April 7, 2019

Another View: Local-option tax would drive up local spending

Municipal governments should set priorities, not further burden the middle class.
Published
April 5, 2019

Lawmakers endorse ban on oil and gas drilling off Maine’s coast

But some question the value of a bill to prohibit oil and gas exploration in state-owned waters that are devoid of oil and gas reserves.